St. Francis Terriers men's basketball
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The St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represents St. Francis College, which is located in Brooklyn Heights, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

. The St. Francis College’s men's basketball program was founded in 1896 and is the oldest collegiate program in New York City
New York City
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. The program had players on the court only 5 years after Dr. James Naismith invented the game in 1891. The College's first game came in 1901 against Brown University. The Boys from Brooklyn, as they were referred to, finished the 1901 season with a 13-1 mark.

The team is Division I and participates in the Northeast Conference
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...

. The Terrier home games are played at the Pope Physical Education Center
Pope Physical Education Center
Pope Physical Education Center is a 2,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Brooklyn, New York, United States. It is home to the St. Francis College Terriers basketball team. The basketball court, Peter Aquilone Court, is named after Peter Aquilone, the son of former Athletic Director and St. Francis...

 on Peter Aquilone Court. The Terriers also host some home games at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
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. The current head coach is Glenn Braica
Glenn Braica
-Biography:Braica attended St. Agnes High School from 1980–82 and Bishop Ford in Brooklyn from 1982–84. Braica went on to Queens College and played for the Knights from 1984–88 as a point guard. At Queens College, Braica met Norm Roberts and became great friends; that would later lead to Roberts...

.

The Terriers have an overall record of 1110-1145, 49.2 W-L%, over a 92 year span from the 1920-1921 to the 2010-2011 season. Also in that time, they won 5 regular season championships and had 3 NIT bids. The Terriers best finish was the 1955-1956 season under Daniel Lynch
Daniel Lynch (basketball)
Daniel J. Lynch was the former athletic director and basketball coach at St. Francis College.-Biography:Daniel Lynch graduated from St. Francis College in 1938, playing on the College's basketball team from 1934–1938 and becoming the team's Captain. He then went on to become the basketball head...

 posting a 21-4 record that ranked them at 13th nationally in the AP polls. That same year the Terriers reached the NIT semi-finals. Throughout their history the Terriers have played as NCAA Division I independents, in the Metropolitan New York Conference (1946–1963), in the Metropolitan Collegiate Conference (1966–1968) and since 1981 in the NEC
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...

. In that time span, the Terriers have had 17 different head coaches, the best of which was Daniel Lynch who holds the St. Francis College record for most wins. Lynch guided St. Francis to five consecutive 20-win seasons; going 105-32 from 1951–56. Additionally he led the Terriers to 3 NIT appearances, and 3 Conference Regular Season Championships. Lynch coached great players like Al Innis and Jim Luisi.

The fiercest rival of the Terriers are the Long Island University Blackbirds, they have competed since 1928. Both the Men's and Women's Terrier teams play in the Battle of Brooklyn tournament against the Blackbirds, which has been played annually since 1975-76. The Terriers also compete against Wagner College Seahawks, and it is referred to as Battle of the Verrazano due to St. Francis College in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
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 being separated from Wagner College in Staten Island
Staten Island
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 by the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge that connects the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City at the Narrows, the reach connecting the relatively protected upper bay with the larger lower bay....

. The Battle of the Verrazano dates back to the 1973-1974 season.

After joining the NEC the Terriers recovered some momentum during Ron Ganulin
Ron Ganulin
Ron Ganulin is a long time college basketball coach known for his 1990 UNLV NCAA National Championship and his success as Head Coach at St. Francis College.-Biography:...

's tenure as head coach, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Terriers were one of the better teams in the NEC
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...

. From 1998 through 2004, St. Francis posted a 78-36 conference record. The 1998-99 team had their first 20 win season in 43 years and the 2003 team participated in the preseason NIT for the first time in school history, losing to the University of Massachusetts in the first round. At the time Ganulin's assistant was Glenn Braica
Glenn Braica
-Biography:Braica attended St. Agnes High School from 1980–82 and Bishop Ford in Brooklyn from 1982–84. Braica went on to Queens College and played for the Knights from 1984–88 as a point guard. At Queens College, Braica met Norm Roberts and became great friends; that would later lead to Roberts...

, whom is the current head coach as of 2010. Braica was most recently an assistant under Norm Roberts
Norm Roberts
Norman Roberts is a men's college basketball coach. He is currently an assistant coach at Florida and is the former head coach of the St. John's Red Storm...

 at St. John's University.

History

The St. Francis College’s men's basketball program was founded in 1896 and is the oldest collegiate program in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. The program had players on the court only 5 years after Dr. James Naismith invented the game in 1891. The College's first game came in 1901 against Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

. The Boys from Brooklyn, as they were referred to, finished the 1901 season with a 13-1 mark. St. Francis was a popular team during New York City's Basketball glory days of the 1940s and 50s. The 1942 squad averaged 59 points per game and in 1949 the Terriers became the first team in the New York City area to have its game televised. The Terriers defeated Seton Hall in its inaugural telecast on WPIX
WPIX
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.

Seasons

Regular Season Champions Conference Champions NIT Tournament berth NCAA Tournament berth


Season Head coach Season results Tournament results
Overall Conference Conference NIT NCAA
Wins Losses Conf Wins Losses Finish
1901–02 Unknown 13 1 Unknown
1902–20 Incomplete Records
1920–21 Brother Phillip 14 3 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1921–22 Frank Brennan 15 7 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1922–23 21 8 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1923–24 18 9 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1924–25 9 8 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1925–26 1 6 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1926–27 Nip Lynch 2 12 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1927–28 9 8 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1928–29 Edward Keating 9 8 Ind
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1929–30 6 12 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1930–31 George Hinchcliffe 17 16 Ind
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1931–32 9 13 Ind
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1932–33 Rody Cooney 12 9 Ind
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1933–34 13 11 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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3 8 6th
1934–35 12 12 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1935-36 15 8 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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4 6 6th
1936-37 13 8 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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1 5 7th
1937-38 14 8 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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2 4 T-5th
1938-39 15 7 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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15 7 4th
1939-40 13 5 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1940-41 9 9 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1941-42 Joseph Brennan 16 2 Ind
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1942-43 13 7 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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1 5 7th
1943-44 10 6 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1944-45 9 9 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1945-46 12 6 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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3 2 4th
1946-47 14 7 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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2 3 5th
1947-48 16 9 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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2 3 6th
1948-49 Daniel Lynch 20 13 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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2 2 5th
1949-50 6 18 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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0 4 7th
1950-51 19 11 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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2 5 6th
1951-52 20 8 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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4 2 2nd
1952-53 20 7 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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2 3 4th
1953-54 23 5 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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5 0 1st NIT Quarterfinals
1954 National Invitation Tournament
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1954-55 21 8 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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2 3 4th
1955-56 21 4 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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4 0 1st NIT Semifinals
1956 National Invitation Tournament
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1956-57 12 14 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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1 2 6th
1957-58 14 9 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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2 1 3rd
1958-59 5 18 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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0 3 7th
1959-60 13 8 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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2 1 3rd
1960-61 10 10 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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2 1 T-2nd
1961-62 8 15 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
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2 3 4th
1962-63 16 7 MTNY
Metropolitan New York Conference
The Metropolitan New York Conference was in the NCAA. The conference existed from 1933 to 1963.-Men's basketball:*1943 St. John’s *1945 DNP*1945 DNP*1946 New York U./St. John’s *1947 St. John’s *1948 New York U....

4 2 3rd NIT first round
1963 National Invitation Tournament
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1963-64 10 16 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1964-65 11 9 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1965-66 5 17 METC 0 9 10th
1966-67 15 8 METC 7 2 T-1st
1967-68 7 16 METC 0 8 9th
1968-69 7 16 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1969-70 Lester Yellin 9 12 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1970-71 8 17 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1971-72 12 14 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1972-73 8 16 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1973-74 Jack Prenderville 11 13 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1974-75 7 19 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1975-76 Lucio Rossini 13 13 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1976-77 12 14 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1977-78 16 9 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1978-79 14 12 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1979-80 Gene Roberti 11 15 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1980-81 10 16 Ind
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
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1981-82 10 17 NEC North
Northeast Conference
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8 7 T-3rd Quarterfinal
1982-83 10 18 NEC North
Northeast Conference
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7 7 T-3rd Quarterfinal
1983-84 2 26 NEC
Northeast Conference
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1 15 9th Quarterfinal
1984-85 Bob Valvano 7 21 NEC
Northeast Conference
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3 11 8th Quarterfinal
1985-86 9 19 NEC
Northeast Conference
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4 12 8th Quarterfinal
1986-87 11 16 NEC
Northeast Conference
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5 11 T-7th
1987-88 11 18 NEC
Northeast Conference
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5 11 7th Semifinal
1988-89 Rich Zvosec 14 16 NEC
Northeast Conference
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5 11 9th
1989-90 9 18 NEC
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...

4 12 8th
1990-91 15 14 NEC
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...

8 8 5th Semifinal
1991-92 Ron Ganulin 15 14 NEC
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...

8 8 4th Semifinal
1992-93 9 18 NEC
Northeast Conference
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8 10 T-5th Quarterfinal
1993-94 1 26 NEC
Northeast Conference
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1 17 10th Quarterfinal
1994-95 9 18 NEC
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...

5 13 9th Quarterfinal
1995-96 9 18 NEC
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...

3 15 9th Quarterfinal
1996-97 13 15 NEC
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...

7 11 T-7th Semifinal
1997-98 15 12 NEC
Northeast Conference
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10 6 T-3rd Quarterfinal
1998-99 20 8 NEC
Northeast Conference
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16 4 2nd Semifinal
1999-00 18 12 NEC
Northeast Conference
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12 6 T-4th Semifinal
2000-01 18 11 NEC
Northeast Conference
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16 14 1st Semifinal
2001-02 18 11 NEC
Northeast Conference
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13 7 5th Semifinal
2002-03 14 16 NEC
Northeast Conference
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9 9 T-6th Final Pre-Season NIT first round
2003-04 15 13 NEC
Northeast Conference
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12 6 T-1st Quarterfinal
2004-05 13 15 NEC
Northeast Conference
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9 9 7th Quarterfinal
2005-06 Brian Nash 10 17 NEC
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...

7 11 T-8th
2006-07 9 22 NEC
Northeast Conference
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7 11 T-6th Quarterfinal
2007-08 7 22 NEC
Northeast Conference
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4 14 T-8th
2008-09 10 20 NEC
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...

7 11 8th Quarterfinal
2009 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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2009-10 11 18 NEC
Northeast Conference
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8 10 T-8th
2010-11
2010–11 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The 2010-2011 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represents St. Francis College during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is coached by Glenn Braica in his first year at the school...

Glenn Braica 15 15 NEC
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10 8 5th Quarterfinal
2011-12
2011–12 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The 2011-2012 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represents St. Francis College during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is coached by Glenn Braica in his second year at the school...

1 4 NEC
Northeast Conference
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Coaching history

Overall Conference
Name Years Won-Lost Pct. Won-Lost Pct. Note
Brother Phillip 1920-21 14-3 82.4%
Frank Brennan 1921-26 (5yr) 64-38 62.7%
Nip Lynch 1926-28 (2yr) 11-20 35.5%
Edward Keating 1928-30 (2yr) 15-20 42.9%
George Hinchcliffe 1930-32 (2yr) 26-29 47.3%
Rody Cooney 1932-41 (9yr) 116-77 60.1%
Joseph Brennan
Joseph Brennan (basketball)
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1941-48 (7yr) 90-46 66.2% Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and Terrier coach with highest winning percentage
Daniel Lynch
Daniel Lynch (basketball)
Daniel J. Lynch was the former athletic director and basketball coach at St. Francis College.-Biography:Daniel Lynch graduated from St. Francis College in 1938, playing on the College's basketball team from 1934–1938 and becoming the team's Captain. He then went on to become the basketball head...

1948-69 (21yr) 283-237 54.4% 3x Regular Season Conference Champion and All-Time Terrier Wins leader
Lester Yellin 1969-73 (4yr) 37-59 38.5%
Jack Prenderville 1973-75 (2yr) 18-32 36.0%
Lucio Rossini 1975-79 (4yr) 55-48 53.4%
Gene Roberti 1979-84 (5yr) 58-124 31.9%
Bob Valvano
Bob Valvano
Bob Valvano is an American sportscaster based in Louisville, Kentucky.During the college-basketball season, he is an analyst for ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN Plus, mostly covering Big East basketball. When not doing those games, Valvano is the color analyst for University of Louisville men's basketball...

1984-88 (4yr) 38-74 33.9% 17-45 27.4%
Rich Zvosec
Rich Zvosec
Rich Zvosec is an American collegiate basketball coach. The Lorain, Ohio native coached the University of Missouri–Kansas City from 2001 to 2007, after succeeding Dean Demopoulos....

1988-91 (3yr) 38-48 44.1% 17-31 35.4%
Ron Ganulin
Ron Ganulin
Ron Ganulin is a long time college basketball coach known for his 1990 UNLV NCAA National Championship and his success as Head Coach at St. Francis College.-Biography:...

1991-05 (14yr) 187-207 47.5% 129-125 50.8% 2x Regular Season Conference Champion and 2x NEC Coach of the Year
Brian Nash 2005-2010 (5yr) 47-99 32.2% 33-58 36.3%
Glenn Braica
Glenn Braica
-Biography:Braica attended St. Agnes High School from 1980–82 and Bishop Ford in Brooklyn from 1982–84. Braica went on to Queens College and played for the Knights from 1984–88 as a point guard. At Queens College, Braica met Norm Roberts and became great friends; that would later lead to Roberts...

2010-Present (2yr) 16-19 45.7% 10-8 55.6%

Rivalry

Beginning in the 1975-1976 season, an annual Battle of Brooklyn game was dedicated to tribute William Lai and Daniel Lynch, former athletic directors at Long Island University and St. Francis College, respectively. The Battle of Brooklyn has been a tradition between the basketball programs for 36 years. Each year the most valuable player of the game is given the Lai-Lynch Trophy in memory of the two ADs. St. Francis now has a Battle record of 16-20 against LIU.

Terrier records

St. Francis College Records
Game Season Career
Points 45 John Conforti vs Wagner
Wagner College
Wagner College is a private, co-educational, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 total students located atop Grymes Hill in New York City's borough of Staten Island...

 (January 10, 1970)
680 Ray Minlend (1998-99) 1,643 Ricky Cadell (2007-11)
Points Per Game 24.3 Ray Minlend (1998-99) 21.3 Dennis McDermott
Rebounds 37 Al Inniss vs Lafayette
Lafayette Leopards
The Lafayette Leopards represent the 23 Division I varsity athletic teams of Lafayette College and compete in the Patriot League. There are 11 men's teams, 11 women's teams, and one co-ed team. The club teams also compete as the Leopards...

 (March 17, 1956)
311 Jerome Williams (1974-75) 1,018 Jerome Williams (1972-76)
Assists 16 Jim Paguaga vs York College
York College, City University of New York
York College of The City University of New York is one of eleven senior colleges in the City University of New York system. It is located in Jamaica, Queens in New York City...

 (February 7, 1986)
233 Jim Paguaga (1974-75) 534 Greg Nunn (1997-01)

NEC Men's Basketball

Year NEC Player of the Year NEC Defensive Player of the Year NEC Coach of the Year First Team All-NEC Second Team ALL-NEC NEC Rookie of the Year
1998 Ron Ganulin Roque Osorio, John Thomas Richy Dominguez
1999 Ray Minlend Ray Minlend Angel Santana
2000 Steven Howard, Angel Santana
2001 Greg Nunn Richy Dominguez, Steven Howard
2002 Jason Morgan
2003 Clifford Strong
2004 Ron Ganulin Mike Wilson
2005 Tory Cavalieri Allan Sheppard
2006
2007 Robert Hines
2008 Ricky Cadell
2009 Ricky Cadell
2010 Akeem Bennett
2010 Akeem Bennett Akeem Bennett, Ricky Cadell

Terriers in the NBA

  • Nestor Cora, '78, 165th overall pick by the Washington Bullets
  • Dennis McDermott, '74, 140th overall pick by the New York Knicks
    New York Knicks
    The New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...

  • Gil Radday, '67, 84th overall pick by the New York Knicks
    New York Knicks
    The New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...

  • Alvin B. Inniss, '58, 40th overall pick by the Minneapolis Lakers
  • Walter Acamushko, '57, 42nd overall pick by the Detroit Pistons
    Detroit Pistons
    The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...

  • Dan Mannix, '56, selected by the Rochester Royals
    Rochester Royals
    The franchise that would become the Sacramento Kings initially started in the city of Rochester, New York, as the Rochester Royals of the National Basketball League....

     in the 1956 draft
  • Henry Daubenschmidt, '54, 23rd overall pick by the Boston Celtics
    Boston Celtics
    The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which...

  • Vernon Stokes, '53, selected in the 6th round by the Boston Celtics
    Boston Celtics
    The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which...

  • Jim Luisi
    James Luisi
    James A. Luisi was an American professional basketball player and actor. Luisi is perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Doug Chapman during Seasons 3 through 6 of the television series The Rockford Files.-Career:...

    , '51, 56th overall pick by the Boston Celtics
    Boston Celtics
    The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which...

  • Roy Reardon, '51, 75th overall pick by the Syracuse Nationals
    Syracuse Nationals
    The Syracuse Nationals were an American professional basketball team that existed from 1946 to 1963 as part of the National Basketball League and National Basketball Association . They are currently known as the Philadelphia 76ers, and are the NBA's oldest continued franchise.The team began in...

  • Tom Gallagher, '49, selected by the Baltimore Bullets in the 1949 draft

Terriers in the NBA D-League

  • Akeem Bennett, '11, 1st pick in the 8th round by the Springfield Armor
    Springfield Armor
    The Springfield Armor is a basketball team located in Springfield, Massachusetts, which plays in the NBA Development League. The Armor plays its home games at the MassMutual Center in Springfield's Metro Center neighborhood. The team is owned by HWS Basketball, LLC which is principally owned by...


See also

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